Eastern and Oriental Orthodox Hierarchs Join Together in Prayer, Renew Dialogue
HAWORTH, NJ – On Thursday, April 21, the hierarchs of the Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches and the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops joined together in prayer at St. Gabriel Syriac Orthodox Church for the safe return of the Oriental and Eastern Orthodox Archbishops of Aleppo – H.E. Yohannes Ibrahim and H.E. Boulos Yazigi – as well as for the millions suffering in the Middle East.
It is anticipated by both Standing Conference and the Assembly that this service will be the first step in renewing the presently lapsed North American dialogue between the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches.
Participating hierarchs included:
Oriental Orthodox:
His Eminence Archbishop Mor Dionysius Jean Kawak, Patriarchal Vicar, Syriac Orthodox Archdioces of the Eastern United States
His Eminence Archbishop Khajag Barsamian,
Primate of the Diocese of the Armenian Church
Chairman of the Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches
His Grace Anba David
Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of New York & New England
His Eminence Archbishop Mor Titus Yeldho, Patriarchal Vicar of the Malankara Archdiocese of the Syrian Orthodox Church in North America
His Eminence Archbishop Mor Silvanos Ayub, Archbishop of America, Canada and Europe of the Malankara Syriac Knanaya Archdiocese
Eastern Orthodox:
His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios,
Primate, Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America
Chairman, Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops, USA
His Eminence Metropolitan Joseph,
Metropolitan of the Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese
Vice-Chairman, Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops, USA
His Eminence Archbishop Michael of the Orthodox Church in America,
His Grace Bishop Daniel of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA